Portland Escape Rooms- Beaverton — Attraction in Beaverton

Update 3(Jul '25): Did the Snakebite Saloon with 3 friends. It was very different from Kidnapper's Revenge in theme, layout, puzzles and with live actor moderator. V was excellent. Every sentence was helpful. This was my favorite solve in the Beaverton location. Try it out!

Update 2(Jun '25): Did the Kidnapper's Revenge room with 4 friends. Had a very pleasant surprise bumping into Mitchel again after meeting him at the Portland location where we tried the Game of Stones room. This time he was waltzing around as the Portland Puzzler, maniacal yet very funny! After he introduced us to the room's theme and backstory, he beckoned his victims in turns, to get them acquainted with the room. And after setting all of us up, he left in a jiffy, leaving us to figure things out and escape the Portland Puzzler.

The Kidnapper's Revenge room was super fun. Right from the get-go, the intensity of the room is high and the pacing is set by the notes of macabre and gore, visible on the walls after your eyes get acclimatized to the darkness. The SAW like elements complement the horror theme of the room design, incredibly well. You start off in a constrained position, in darkness, but with your friends within earshot. Your first challenge is to collaborate towards your immediate freedom. But the happiness is short lived because a sacrifice needs to be made soon after.

More than 1 room is involved and the variety of puzzles on offer, range from easy to difficult and are well thought out, with ample clues about their connections. Keep an eye out for symbols. Our group got stuck on 1 particular puzzle and we ended up using a hint from Mitchel. But the puzzles overall were amazing and we had an immense amount of fun solving them. The design for one of the first puzzles and also the final couple of puzzles were stupendous.

If i had to be critical, the only thing i would note is that, overall, Kidnapper's Revenge is on the linear side, with few cross room solves, but communication within your team is absolutely critical, especially early on. There are a few puzzles that can be solved simultaneously though, if you are in a larger group. But its overall design will not be too difficult for 2 person teams, despite all the constraints involved within the rooms.

Lastly, not all that is red, is visible on the streaks, left on the walls, by previous victims. Happy escaping folks!

P.S: If you end up doing this room, give my regards to Nicholas. Who is Nicholas? Funny you should ask! Cheerio!

Update 1(Circa '22): Had a great time with friends doing the genie's lamp. Our host Nay (like the science guy, in her own words) was so dramatic and funny. She was dressed like an explorer, reminded me of Ezreal from League. For her theatricality, she definitely does belong in a museum. After the waiver and the usual suspects (phones etc) out of the way and into a lock box, she melded seamlessly into character and introduced us to the room and the backstory. Then the doors were slammed shut and the real fun began. The room was true to theme and there were all sorts of puzzles and a few types of locks including combination ones. It was a beginner level room and we are glad we started with this one. We had a minor hitch at one of the locks since i wasn't applying enough pressure to open it, but otherwise the locks were easy to open. The room and the puzzles were well designed. Puzzles were well connected with each other and across rooms. Nay had to chime in once to help us with the lock which i didnt pull hard enough despite the right combination. After finishing she took our pictures and mentioned that they would be uploaded online. We asked if we should help her put things back, but she politely declined. I wondered if we could speedrun in reverse and set the room back the same way we found it...maybe next time. We gathered our stuff from the lock box and headed out feeling accomplished. This was our first escape room in Oregon. We thoroughly enjoyed it and would love to be back for the other rooms. Edit: Nye changed to Nay. Voted...

I love the idea of this, but I just don’t think I’m an “Escape Room” kind of person. This was the second time I have tried it and the second time I did not escape. The facilities were very nice and very well thought out. If you’ve never been here before the place is kind of hard to find because it’s inside of a business “suite” type of building. Sorta like you’re going to a lawyers office or something like that. Once you arrive, there is a sign that tells you to wait in the foyer. Then an employee will come and lead your group to your experience. I saw two employees and both were in costume. The first changed costumes for our theme escape. We did the Arcade experience. This escape was, according to the employee, made for a group of 12. We had 5, but to be fair I don’t think I should count because I was so lost at what to do. She gave us a briefing at an irregularly loud volume. It was very unnerving. Then when we went to the room, we watched a short video that just told us we were trapped. From that point on I didn’t know what to do. My kids instantly started running around looking for clues and stuff. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. I didn’t have a good time, but my family did. I gave 3 stars because the employee kept giving us hints when we didn’t ask for them, which really bothered me. I could tell she very much enjoyed her job, but I couldn’t get over the constant yelling and then I couldn’t get away from her to calm my anxiety. When I realized we were going to be locked in a room with her for an hour I desperately longed for a Xanax. There were many decipher clues and codes to break. It was neat to watch the family try working it all out. One of the puzzles was right next to an air vent that had been previously broken by other patrons. Because of this, the air conditioning kept blowing on me and I had to solve the puzzle in 1 minute intervals. One minute in the cold and then 1 minute warm up break. For the $225 I paid, I wouldn’t do it again, but I guess you have to try something to see if you like it. Meh. My kids loved it, I would not...

I've done many escape rooms, mostly in Seattle and came down here to do a new one with friends. We were a group of 4 (2 newbies) and we had an incredibly good time with the Steampunk Airship room, winning with about 7 min to spare! Long review incoming:

We picked steampunk because of reviews online mentioning it was extremely immersive, also this was the most conveniently located for us since we weren't in Portland proper. Well the reviews are correct, both the set and puzzle design are intricate and in theme. Unlike some poor escape rooms, there weren't distracting 'immersive' elements that were just for decoration and not meant to be touched for puzzling - instead the puzzles themselves added to the decor and feel of being on the ship. Some very unique and fun tech on display, and of course a good variety of easy puzzles to begin with and more complex problems that required multiple perspectives and some ruminating before we got the lightbulb moment.

I think if anything, some of the puzzles were a bit on the too quick and easy side but we were told by our amazing guide (who stays in the room and in-character with us during the escape) that the room was being reworked to be a bit easier as the solve rate was only 45% at the moment. I think there's just a lot of puzzles, and it's very necessary to split up and do multiple at the same time. Probably great for bigger groups!

Anyways, last note is that our guide, Jay, really made the room fun and was great about giving hints when we asked without ruining the fun. His acting was enthusiastic, good jokes, and seemed like a genuinely easygoing guy. Had a lot of fun talking about the puzzle and room design at the end for a good 10 min because unlike most rooms, our guide wasn't just a hired employee but actually involved in the escape room design. Highly recommend! And I'll say we enjoyed this room more than another company's room that we escaped from while...